2000 South Florida Bulls football team

2000 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

2000 South Florida Bulls football
2000 South Florida Bulls football
Conference	Independent
2000 record	7–4
Head coach	Jim Leavitt (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Canales (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Kravitz (4th season)
Home stadium	Raymond James Stadium (41,441, grass)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season, and was the fourth team fielded by the school. The Bulls were led by head coach Jim Leavitt in his fourth year, played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and competed as a Division I-AA Independent. The Bulls finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4).

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 40–0	30,043
September 9	1:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		L 9–27	63,821
September 16	7:00 p.m.	No. 13 James Madison	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 26–7	23,002	^[1]
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		L 13–28	21,157
September 30	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Troy State	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	WMOR	W 20–10	25,786
October 7	7:00 p.m.	at No. 18 (I-A) Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	FSNF	L 7–41	26,559
October 21	7:00 p.m.	Liberty	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	FSNF	W 44–6	25,161
October 28	1:30 p.m.	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	WMOR	W 21–13	16,585
November 4	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Western Kentucky	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 30–24	31,104
November 11	3:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee State	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	FSNF	L 9–45	12,147
November 18	3:30 p.m.	Austin Peay	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 59–0	23,390
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2000 South Florida Bulls football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`4`	DeAndrew Rubin	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`12`	Anthony Henry	Sr
LB	`5`	Kawika Mitchell	So
DE	`41`	Shurron Pierson	So
DB	`32`	J. R. Reed	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`7`	Bill Gramatica	Sr

^ "Special win for Bulls". The Tampa Tribune. September 17, 2000. Retrieved October 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t South Florida Bulls football
Venues	Tampa Stadium (1997) Raymond James Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games UCF
Culture & lore	Rocky the Bull Golden Brahman March Herd of Thunder
People	NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

2000 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Davidson			–			10	–	0
No. 7 Hofstra ^			–			9	–	4
Southern Utah			–			7	–	4
South Florida			–			7	–	4
Elon			–			7	–	4
Morehead State			–			6	–	3
Saint Mary's			–			6	–	5
Charleston Southern			–			5	–	6
Georgetown			–			5	–	6
Jacksonville			–			3	–	8
Samford			–			4	–	7
Cal Poly			–			3	–	8
Liberty			–			3	–	8
Austin Peay			–			2	–	9

^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll